3.00 Credits
This course is designed to introduce students to the technologies that drive the Internet. Topics include: TCP/IP, Internet addresses and domains, Internet file types, routers, ISDN, Internet/television, network computers, DSL, Satellite and palmtop connections, email, spam, usenet newsgroups, IRC, Instant messaging, Internet phone calls, web pages, web browsers, HTML, hypertext, URLs, Imagemaps and interactive forms, web host servers, telnet, push technology, java, javascript, activeX, agents, CGI scripting, audio and video on the Internet, multicast IP, Mbone, virtual reality, animation, intranets, shopping on the Internet, firewalls, DOS attacks, cookies, passports, cryptography, digital certificates, and parental controls on the Internet. Fall